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They have received regular inspection to ensure that the various
regulations have been observed. In all a total of 245 visits were
made to the various installations.
Four new licences were approved, two licences were not renewed,
and the total licence fees amounted to £36 15s. Od.
Only minor infringements of the Regulations were found.
DISINFECTION OF PREMISES.

Costs recovered throughout the year : £25 17s. l^d.
Solutions of D.D.T. in Kerosene are used for dealing with infestations
by bedbugs and arc usually applied in spray form to the walls,
ceilings and woodwork of the infested rooms. It is becoming a rare
occurence to give more than one course of treatment to eradicate
bedbugs.
D.D.T. powders prove very effective in dealing with ants and
cockroaches and much practical help and advice has been extended
to householders who have found their premises infested with these
pests.
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949.
The rodent control section of the staff have done much useful
work during the year in eradicating rats and mice from premises and
foul sewers.
A total of 4,755 visits were made to Dwellings and Business
premises throughout the year.
Complaints of infestation by rats or mice numbered 289 and
inspection and investigation revealed rat infestation a.t 139 premises
and mice infestation at 81 premises. By the end of the year infestations
had been cleared at 199 of these premises.
Treatment of the foul sewers was carried out on two occasions,
a total of 1,468 visits being made for this purpose in connection with
inspection, baiting, poisoning and checking results,